Hurricane Florence remains ‘catastrophic’ threat, kills at least 3

The mother and child died in Wilmington when a tree fell on their home, police tweeted. Another woman died in Pender County after suffering a medical condition, an official said.

The storm made landfall at 7:15 a.m. ET Friday. As of noon, Florence was 25 miles west-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina, and 45 miles east-northeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and moving west at around 6 mph.